Hello my
lovelies! This week, three new-to-me authors have piqued my interest. Alma
Katsu’s Taker series comes highly recommended by a friend of mine. Simon Toyne’s The Key is on many a person’s
“impatiently waiting for” bookshelf. Its the second in his Sancti trilogy and I
notice that it already has 17 5-star and
20 4-star ratings. Then Janet Evanovich ends off my week with a
little paranormal humour telling us about Lizzie & Diesel’s latest adventure.
Happy
Reading!!
Release Date:
June 19th 2012
Title: The
Reckoning
Series: The
Taker Trilogy #2
Genre: Paranormal
Romance
Author: Alma
Katsu
A love triangle spanning 200
years…Alma Katsu takes readers on a breathtaking journey through the landscape
of the heart.
New York Times bestselling author
Scott Westerfeld (Leviathan)
praises Alma Katsu’s The Taker
as, “a centuries-spanning epic that will keep you turning pages all night. This
marvelous debut is a thinking person’s guilty pleasure.” And Keith Donohue (The Stolen Child) says, “The Taker is a frighteningly
compelling story about those most human monsters—desire and obsession. It will
curl your hair and keep you up late at night.”
Now Alma Katsu delivers the highly anticipated follow-up to her
haunting novel about an immortal woman learning firsthand that the heart wants
what the heart wants…no matter how high the stakes. Fans of The Taker can finally indulge in
their next juicy fix with the second book of the trilogy, The Reckoning. In this gripping,
pulse-pounding supernatural sequel, discover what happens to Lanny, Luke,
Adair—and Jonathan. The Reckoning
picks up where The Taker leaves
off, following Lanny on her path to redemption—and creating a whole new level
of suspense.
Title: The
Key
Series:
Sancti Trilogy #2
Genre: Thriller
Author: Simon
Toyne
Hounded. Haunted. Hunted. She is the most important person in
the world. She is The Key. In the ancient Turkish city of Ruin, American
journalist Liv Adamsen lies in an isolation ward staring at walls as blank as
her memory. She knows she entered the monumental Citadel at the heart of Ruin
but can remember only darkness. Something strange is stirring within her,
whispering that she is 'the key'. But the key to what?
For the Ghost, a mercenary operating in the Syrian Desert, Liv
may unlock one of mankind's most potent secrets. For the brotherhood in the
Citadel -- now cursed by a terrible plague -- her return may secure the
mountain and ensure their survival. And for a powerful faction in Rome, she
threatens the very future of the Catholic Church.
Hunted across continents and caught in the centre of events that
defy explanation, Liv turns to the only person she trusts -- a charity worker
named Gabriel Mann. Together their paths lead to a shocking discovery -- one
that will tear them apart and change the world forever!
Title: Wicked
Business
Series:
Lizzie & Diesel #2
Genre: Paranormal
Fantasy/Humour
Author: Janet
Evanovich
Whether it’s monkey business, funny
business, or getting down to business, Janet Evanovich’s Lizzy and Diesel
series proves that there’s no business like Wicked Business.
Lizzy Tucker’s once normal life as a pastry chef in Salem,
Massachusetts, turns upside down as she battles both sinister forces and an
inconvenient attraction to her unnaturally talented but off-limits partner,
Diesel.
When Harvard University English professor and dyed-in-the-wool
romantic Gilbert Reedy is mysteriously murdered and thrown off his fourth-floor
balcony, Lizzy and Diesel take up his twenty-year quest for the Luxuria Stone,
an ancient relic believed by some to be infused with the power of lust.
Following clues contained in a cryptic nineteenth-century book of sonnets,
Lizzy and Diesel tear through Boston catacombs, government buildings, and
multimillion-dollar residences. On their way they’ll leave behind a trail of
robbed graves, public disturbances, and general mayhem.
Diesel’s black sheep cousin, Gerwulf Grimoire, also wants the
Stone. His motives are far from pure, and what he plans on doing with the
treasure, no one knows . . . but Lizzy Tucker fears she’s in his crosshairs.
Never far and always watching, Grimoire has a growing, vested interest in the
cupcake-baker-turned-finder-of-lost-things. As does another dangerous and dark
opponent in the hunt—a devotee of lawlessness and chaos, known only as Anarchy.
Treasures will be sought, and the power of lust will be
unmistakable as Lizzy and Diesel attempt to stay ahead of Anarchy, Grimoire,
and his medieval minion, Hatchet, in this ancient game of twisted riddles and
high-stakes hide-and-seek.
So, what
are you looking forward to reading this week?
I'm so excited for The Reckoning...I've informed my family I will be unavailable until further notice!
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